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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

May Day - Soho and Washington Square

This was the scene on Bowery at Hester after the OWS Wildcat protest left Sara D Roosevelt Park. Police kept up with the group and managed to control traffic along a random and unplanned route.

A short time later, police tackled and arrested two cyclists at Lafayette and Spring. I don't know why this happened - cyclists were in the street, pedestrians were on the sidewalk and traffic was stopped. I didn't see any reason to arrest these two men.

The group finally arrived at Washington Square Park.

Never alone...

While I was in the park, I didn't see any police. Students and protesters were holding banners and being generally quiet. So, I was surprised to walk up 5th Avenue and see groups of police in riot gear hiding out on 8th Street. Just after I took this photo, they headed for the park. I heard later there were several arrests.